title: Antioxidant activity of U-83836E, a second generation lazaroid, during myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury.
abstract: The 21-aminosteroid compounds are potent lipid peroxidation inhibitors belonging to a new class of antioxidants given the collective name of "lazaroids". They protect cells from oxidative damage induced by oxygen-based free radicals in a variety of in vitro and in vivo test systems. U-83836E is one of the second-generation lazaroids that are based on a non steroidal structure characterized by a ring portion of alpha-tocopherol bonded with various amine groups. We investigated the ability of U-83836E to reduce myocardial damage in rats undergoing left coronary artery occlusion for 60 min followed by 6 hours of reperfusion. This ischemia/reperfusion model produced wide heart necrosis, membrane lipid peroxidation, ventricular arrhythmias, tissue neutrophil infiltration and a marked decrease in endogenous antioxidants. Intravenous administration of U-83836E, (7.5, 15 and 30 mg/kg) at onset of reperfusion, reduced myocardial necrosis, expressed as a percentage of either the area at risk or the total left ventricle (p < 0.001), improved haemodynamic conditions by decreasing ventricular arrhythmias (p < 0.005), limited membrane lipid peroxidation (evaluated by assessing conjugated dienes, p < 0.001; and 4-hydroxynonenal, p < 0.001) restored the endogenous antioxidants vitamin E (p < 0.001), and superoxide dismutase (pt < 0.001). Furthermore, the lazaroid inhibited the derimental hydroxyl radical formation (p < 0.001), evaluated indirectly by a trapping agent and reduced heart neutrophil infiltration, measured by testing cardiac tissue elastase (p < 0.001) that is released from the stimulated granulocytes at the site of injury. These data suggest that this compound could be a new useful tool to study the mechanisms of oxidative damage during myocardial infarction.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Campo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Squadrito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Campo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Altavilla
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avenoso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferlito
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Squadrito
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Caputi
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000187:drug effects; D002839:Chromans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000097:blood; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000097:blood; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D000975:Antioxidants; D002839:Chromans; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D010879:Piperazines; C066382:U 78517F; D014810:Vitamin E; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase; C027576:4-hydroxy-2-nonenal